Leonardo António is a screenwriter, director and producer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. He focuses on creating original stories that venture deep into human behaviour, socio-economic issues and explore the intimacy of human’s complex, and often shadowy, dynamics.
Leonardo has a strong academic background, a technical degree in Directing for Film and Television, a BA in Architectural Science and a Master’s Degree in Film Project Development.
In 2008 Leonardo wrote and produced the TV Mockumentary series Noctivagus, for SIC Radical. He also produced in-house short films, one of which, Magic World, was officially selected at the Toulouse International Film Festival and directed Aqua, officially selected at Archipelago di Roma, Milan's I've Seen Films, Indielisboa, Ovarvideo and awarded in Slovakia's Ekotop Film Festival with the International Jury Award.
His first feature film My Engine’s Fragile Sound was exhibited at the Cannes’ Marché Du Film in 2012 and officially selected at the São Paulo International Film Festival. He won four Sophia nominations (Best Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Original Soundtrack and Best Make-up) at the Portuguese Film Academy and won for Best Original Soundtrack. His latest feature, Submission, is already an official selection and will premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
- Agora que Sou Grande, fiction, full-length film (2014)
- My Engine's Fragile Sound, fiction, short film (2012)
- Aqua, fiction, short film (2008)